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TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 2 - -시- (honorific)Welcome everybody to the 2nd lesson of Level 5. In this lesson we are going to introduce how the honorific suffix -시- [-si-] is used in "politer" and "more formal" situations. Even if this is the first time you have heard about this "honorific suffix", you probably have already seen some expressions before that have this word -시- in them, such as 안녕하세요, 안녕히 가세요 or 주세요.What is -시-?- 시- is a "suffix" so it is never used on its own. When combined with other verbs, -시- makes a sentence "honorific", which means that the speaker is showing respect for the person that he or she is talking about. If the speaker wants to show respect for the other person talking with him or herself, he or she can show respect for that person, too, by using this honorific suffix, -시-.How is it used?-시- can be used in any tense. You add -시- between the verb stem and other verb endings.PLAINPresent tense: verb stem + -아/어/여요Past tense: verb stem + -았/었/였어요Future tense: verb stem + -ㄹ 거예요HONORIFICPr